Articles
Challenges and perspectives of urban agriculture projects as a tool to support food security feedbacks and experience from studies and projects in France
Article number
1356_33
Pages
279 – 284
Language
English
Abstract
Urban farming takes various forms and plays numerous roles for food production, human wellbeing, enhancement of life quality in cities, etc.
Through some French examples, we demonstrate that collective gardens, participatory farms and specialised farms contribute to maintaining food security thanks to the vegetable baskets donations, distribution of unsold food, the practice of solidarity prices, a consequent food production close to the consumers and continuous work to create and develop social ties between people.
Each of us can act at our level to develop urban agriculture and contribute to maintaining food security.
Through some French examples, we demonstrate that collective gardens, participatory farms and specialised farms contribute to maintaining food security thanks to the vegetable baskets donations, distribution of unsold food, the practice of solidarity prices, a consequent food production close to the consumers and continuous work to create and develop social ties between people.
Each of us can act at our level to develop urban agriculture and contribute to maintaining food security.
Authors
M. Fiers
Keywords
urban farming, food security, call to action
Groups involved
- Division Landscape and Urban Horticulture
- Division Horticulture for Human Health
- Division Greenhouse and Indoor Production Horticulture
- Division Sustaining Horticulture in a Changing World
- Division Precision Horticulture and Engineering
- Division Vegetables, Roots and Tubers
- Working Group Landscape Horticulture
- Working Group Urban Horticulture
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